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Lodi Beerfest and BBQ Championship 2025

Lodi Beer Fest & BBQ Championship

Entry forms are linked at the bottom on this page

 

Saturday, April 26, 2025

 

What pairs best with the region’s best beer fest?

Championship BBQ of course!

Think of it as a BEER-B-Q! This event is so much more than JUST a Beer festival and a BBQ contest,  it’s a Kansas City BBQ Society (KCBS) sanctioned four meat Master Series State BBQ Championship, a Jack Daniel’s World Championship Invitational Barbecue (draw)* an American Royal Invitational Qualifier*, as well as a Team of the Year (ToY) event for KCBS.

*with 25 or more competing teams

Event Details

  • Combined with region’s premier BEER FEST – discounted admission to the “all you can drink” beer fest will available to all teams & judges, plus friends & family
  • Real bathrooms (no portables!)
  • Onsite Showers
  • Access to full kitchen with 3 basin hot water sink for dishwashing
  • Short walk from all team sites to INDOOR Judging
  • Centrally located just a few miles off I-5, <1 mile off CA-99, ~250 miles north of Bakersfield

For complete contest details, please click the logo below.